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01 Feb

Why Wayne’s World Needed Bohemian Rhapsody

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Premiering on Feb. 14, 1992, Wayne’s World was a Valentine’s Day gift to heavy metal music. Starring Mike Myers as lo-fi cable host Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as his best friend/chimp/“with you as always” Garth Algar, the film followed in the tradition of The Blues Brothers, a Saturday Night Live skit that became a big screen buddy movie which had that box office “schwing.” Both films highlighted a particular music genre, and each brought on experts in the sonic reality. Penelope Spheeris directed the cult punk rock/heavy metal masterpiece documentary film series The Decline of Western Civilization, and turned…

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01 Feb

New on Netflix: February 2022 Releases

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It’s cold outside in the Northern Hemisphere. Thankfully, the magic of streaming means you’ll never have to go outside again! Netflix’s list of new releases for February 2022 is full of original titles that could make a quick month go by even quicker. The biggest Netflix original series in February is undoubtedly Vikings: Valhalla. This Vikings spinoff premieres Feb. 25 takes a time jump to bring our Nordic friends into conflict with Western Europe and a burgeoning Christian movement. Before that, however, Netflix will be premiering Raising Dion season 2 (Feb. 1), Murderville (Feb. 3), Inventing Anna (Feb. 11), and…

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01 Feb

Amazon Prime Video New Releases: February 2022

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February 2022 is a big month for Prime Video. We’re talking “hands the size of dinner plates” big. Highlighting Amazon Prime Video’s list of new releases for February 2022 is Reacher, the saga of one very large boy. Reacher premieres on Feb. 4 and is based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child. The titular hero (played by Alan Ritchson) is a former major in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps who now travels the country looking for trouble to get into. His hands are very large. How Big Are Jack Reacher’s Hands?: An Investigation pic.twitter.com/dYasLj7Bey— Erik Tanouye…

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01 Feb

Disney+ New Releases: February 2022

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February is the shortest month of the year. Perhaps that’s what Disney+ is paying homage to with its very brief list of new releases for February 2022. There’s not much to write home about on Disney+ this month. Feb. 9 will see the arrival of The Book of Boba Fett finale so start getting your theory-makin’ brain ready for that. The only other original series of note is The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, a continuation of the early 2000s Disney Channel animated show. Read more Movies Free Guy Review: Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer Give Uneven Script Extra Life…

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01 Feb

HBO Max New Releases: February 2022

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For its list of new releases of February 2022, HBO Max is bringing back one of its biggest original series. The Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi epic Raised by Wolves helped launch HBO Max back in 2020 and now it’s finally back for another season. Raised by Wolves season 2 premieres with three episodes on Feb. 3. This season will continue the conflict between future atheists and theists on a remote planet, while two androids raise some kids (Yes, there’s a lot going on here). February 2022 also sees the end of another, more recent HBO Max hit. Peacemaker airs its finale…

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31 Jan

Best Movies Coming to Netflix in February 2022

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It’s sometimes fun to wonder if the reason February is the shortest month of the year is because folks want to get on to March as soon as possible. This month’s cold, damp, and often a 28-day excuse to stay inside. Even so, that doesn’t mean you have to be bored doing so! Indeed, for those inclined to stay home but not interested in watching the Winter Olympics, Netflix has refilled its library with a variety of films. Admittedly, many of these lean on the action or broad comedy side, with romantic offerings being surprisingly slim for the month of…

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31 Jan

Sky Cinema: What’s New in February 2022?

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Horror fans are well catered to in this month’s slimmed-down selection of film premieres on Sky Cinema, with serial killer body-swap comedy Freaky, The Forever Purge, and Ben Wheatley’s pandemic weird-fest In the Earth. Joining those is the latest from Steven Soderbergh, whose Contagion enjoyed a surge of interest early on in the pandemic. His new feature is KIMI, a thriller starring Zoe Kravitz set during the time of Covid-19. For half-term viewing with the kids off school, there’s Space Jam: A New Legacy and Dream Horse, as well as the many archive titles already available. Speaking of which, save…

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31 Jan

Spider-Man: No Way Home Team Reveal Tricky Daredevil Temptation

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This article includes spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Spider-Man: No Way Home certainly had an issue with protecting its secrets before it was finally released last year. Behind the scenes images found their way online and were under immense scrutiny from excited visual detectives, and the highly anticipated trailer for the film first leaked on TikTok in a format that didn’t do the film any justice, spreading like wildfire to eager Marvel fans who had been waiting to see what was next for Peter Parker and friends in the MCU’s Phase 4. What turned out to be legit pictures…

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30 Jan

Could Moonfall Really Happen?

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With many of his past films, director Roland Emmerich has specialized in portraying the most extreme kinds of mass destruction events possible, whether it’s climate change on a colossal scale, the shifting of tectonic plates worldwide or a massive army of alien invaders filling the skies. In his new movie, Moonfall, Emmerich kind of combines all those threads (after a fashion) in a tale of what might happen if the Moon suddenly begins plunging toward Earth due to mysterious, possibly intelligent forces. Of course, one’s first reaction is to scoff: surely there is no chance of the Moon being untethered…

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30 Jan

Death on the Nile Cast: Who’s in Kenneth Branagh’s Whodunit?

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Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile is finally upon us. It’s been nearly five years since the filmmaker’s first outing as Agatha Christie’s legendary detective Hercule Poirot ended with the super sleuth solving the Murder on the Orient Express and then accepting a case that would take him to Egypt. But due to Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox and then the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve waited what feels like lifetimes to see how that second case would look on-screen. Well, judging by the many trailers and new sun-kissed TV spots that have descended for Death on the Nile, it will…

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28 Jan

The Enduring Legacy of The Mothman Prophecies

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This feature contains spoilers for The Mothman Prophecies Twenty years ago, on Jan 25, 2002, The Mothman Prophecies opened in movie theaters. Starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney and directed by Mark Pellington, the movie was a critical and commercial nonstarter, but in recent years it has developed a cult following as a truly creepy psychological horror flick. Adapted from the book by John A. Keel, the film follows Gere’s reporter character John Klein, whose wife witnesses a flying moth-like creature with red eyes shortly before dying of a brain tumor. Two years later, he finds himself lost in Point…

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28 Jan

Marvel’s Road to the Young Avengers in the MCU

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This feature contains spoilers for the established MCU. The different phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe seem to break up the existence of the Avengers as a group. Phase 1 was about building the Avengers into a team, culminating in them assembling and saving the world. Phase 2 was about the Avengers fortifying their world to the point that everyone seemed to be on the cusp of a happy ending…until Ultron happened. Phase 3 was about the repeated destruction of the Avengers, starting with political differences, then going to personal anger, being discarded by an alien threat they weren’t ready…

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27 Jan

The Suicide Squad Characters Who Deserve HBO Max Spinoffs

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Reports of the Suicide Squad’s demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Less than half a year after James Gunn’s gnarly The Suicide Squad reboot went largely overlooked at the box office in August, the first spinoff from that series, the John Cena-starring Peacemaker, is doing very well on HBO Max according to Gunn. And perhaps to prove his point, the eclectic filmmaker has revealed that he and HBO Max are considering doing another series connected to the Suicide Squad world. “We’re working on something else now, another TV show that’s connected to that universe,” Gunn told Deadline. “I can’t…

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27 Jan

Spider-Man: No Way Home Oscars Prospects Dim After PGA Nominations

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Marvel True Believers and proponents of blockbuster cinema took a hit Thursday morning with the announcements of the Producers Guild of America’s nominations for 2022. Generally considered the best bellwether in the whole awards season for what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will nominate for Best Picture, the PGAs’ choices suggest that Spider-Man: No Way Home isn’t making it to the Oscars 2022 stage unless it’s for Best Visual Effects and other technical categories. Indeed, the highest grossing movie of 2021—and 2020 for that matter—failed to make the cut for the PGA Awards, which instead tended to…

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26 Jan

Did the True Story Behind Scream Involve Demonic Possession?

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The latest Scream installment successfully revived the black comedy slasher franchise, became a critical and commercial hit, and honored director Wes Craven’s legacy of the previous four films. But it also calls to mind the much darker inspiration behind screenwriter Kevin Williamson’s script: The Gainesville Ripper. In August 1990, Danny Rolling brutally murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — as well as three people in Shreveport, Louisiana in November 1989 — and was sentenced to death in 1994 before being executed in 2006. According to pop culture lore, Williamson was watching a television program about the murders while housesitting…

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26 Jan

Superman & Lois Reveals The Thing in the Mines

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This article contains Superman & Lois spoilers. Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 3 When it really comes down to it…it was never gonna be Doomsday, was it? The whole mission statement of Superman & Lois has always been to do things a little bit sideways from what the fans expect. Superman mythology is so ingrained in pop culture consciousness that any setting, any tease of a comics story, any new character, is instantly going to give audiences the idea that they know what’s coming. And despite the absurdly dominant monocultural juggernaut that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become, and…

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26 Jan

Resident Alien Season 2: Alan Tudyk on His Human “Infection”

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It is a safe assumption that anyone with even a casual awareness of popular culture knows an Alan Tudyk performance.  For science fiction fans, Tudyk may be Wash from Firefly, or K-2SO from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. For fans of comic-book-based shows, he’s Joker and Clayface on Harley Quinn, or Mr. Nobody on Doom Patrol. Disney fans have their pick of comedic villains (from Wreck-It Ralph, or Frozen), and animal sidekicks (Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto). From comedies (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, Death at a Funeral) to drama (42, Trumbo)…

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25 Jan

Final Fantasy Origin: Why Frank Sinatra’s My Way Is a Perfect Final Fantasy Song

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While there’s so much to say about the latest trailer for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy, it’s hardly a surprise that the part of the preview that’s catching everyone’s attention is its use of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way:” a seemingly strange needle drop that is actually oddly fitting. If you haven’t seen the new trailer, I highly recommend you set aside about five minutes of your day to give it a look. It’s even crazier than the game’s absolutely wild debut trailer: As noted above, the trailer’s most bizarre moment occurs around the 2:45 mark when the otherwise fairly standard…

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25 Jan

Link Tank: When Marvel’s Secret Invasion Could Be Set on the MCU Timeline

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Set photos from Marvel’s Secret Invasion might hint at where the show takes place on the MCU timeline, and it’s not what you’d think. “It’s been a minute since anyone saw Nick Fury. Last seen in the credits of Spider-Man: Far From Home almost three years ago, Samuel L. Jackson’s mysterious ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. director will soon star in Secret Invasion, a new Marvel television series coming to Disney+ in 2022.” Read more at Inverse Over half the United States has One Piece as their most frequently searched anime program. Does this make it the most popular anime in the country? “If you ask me…

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25 Jan

Archive 81 Explained: Kaelego, Otherworld, Baldung Witches, and More

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This article contains spoilers for Archive 81. Like all great horror stories, Netflix’s Archive 81 starts off small.  Film conservator Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) is approached by a mysterious corporate benefactor, Virgil Davenport (Martin Donovan) to restore some tapes from the ‘90s. Somehow this simple job escalates into a pulse-pounding supernatural mystery that incorporates a Roaring Twenties era demonic cult, mold that bends time and space, and an honest-to-goodness Lovecraftian horror. It’s easy to see why Archive 81 has caught on with viewers. The show spent several days in the number one spot on Netflix’s “Top Ten” feature before Ozark…

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